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depressing
de·press·ing D0146500 (dĭ-prĕs′ĭng)adj. Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection: depressing news; a depressing movie; rainy, depressing weather.
de·press′ing·ly adv.depressing (dɪˈprɛsɪŋ) adj (Psychology) causing a feeling of dejection or low spirits deˈpressingly advThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | depressing - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"cheerless, uncheerfulunhappy - experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent; "unhappy over her departure"; "unhappy with her raise"; "after the argument they lapsed into an unhappy silence"; "had an unhappy time at school"; "the unhappy (or sad) news"; "he looks so sad"joyless - not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings"cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" |
depressingadjective bleak, black, sad, distressing, discouraging, gloomy, daunting, hopeless, dismal, melancholy, dreary, harrowing, saddening, sombre, heartbreaking, dispiriting, disheartening, funereal, dejecting the depressing thought of his mother's deathdepressingadjectiveTending to cause sadness or low spirits:blue, cheerless, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, joyless, melancholy, sad.Translationsdepress (diˈpres) verb1. to make sad or gloomy. I am always depressed by wet weather. 使沮喪 使沮丧2. to make less active. This drug depresses the action of the heart. 抑制 抑制deˈpressed adjective1. sad or unhappy. The news made me very depressed. 意氣沮喪的 意气沮丧的2. made less active. the depressed state of the stock market. 疲軟的 疲软的deˈpressing adjective tending to make one sad or gloomy. What a depressing piece of news! 使人沮喪的 使人沮丧的deˈpression (-ʃən) noun1. a state of sadness and low spirits. She was treated by the doctor for depression. 憂鬱症 抑郁症2. lack of activity in trade. the depression of the 1930s. 蕭條 萧条3. an area of low pressure in the atmosphere. The bad weather is caused by a depression. 低氣壓 低气压4. a hollow. 凹陷 凹陷depressing
paint a (some kind of) picture of (something)To give an elaborate or detailed description of something that portrays it in a specific way. The board meeting painted a pretty grim picture of the company's future. Jonathan always paints an idyllic picture of our childhood, glossing over the bad memories of our father.See also: kind, of, paint, picturepaint a terrible, depressing, rosy, etc. ˈpicture (of somebody/something) describe something in a particular way; give a particular impression of somebody/something, often a negative one: You paint a depressing picture of your childhood! ♢ People who don’t like students paint the worst possible picture of their behaviour. ♢ The book paints a vivid picture of life in the city.See also: paint, picturedepressing
depressing (dĭ-prĕs′ĭng)adj. Causing sadness, gloom, or dejection: depressing news; a depressing movie; rainy, depressing weather.
de·press′ing·ly adv.depressing
Synonyms for depressingadj bleakSynonyms- bleak
- black
- sad
- distressing
- discouraging
- gloomy
- daunting
- hopeless
- dismal
- melancholy
- dreary
- harrowing
- saddening
- sombre
- heartbreaking
- dispiriting
- disheartening
- funereal
- dejecting
Synonyms for depressingadj tending to cause sadness or low spiritsSynonyms- blue
- cheerless
- dismal
- dispiriting
- gloomy
- joyless
- melancholy
- sad
Synonyms for depressingadj causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacySynonymsRelated WordsAntonyms |